The Sirius Passet Lagerstätte of North Greenland—A geochemical window on early Cambrian low‐oxygen environments and ecosystems
Abstract The early Cambrian Sirius Passet fauna of northernmost Greenland (Cambrian Series 2, Stage 3) contains exceptionally preserved soft tissues that provide an important window to early animal evolution, while the surrounding sediment holds critical data on the palaeodepositional water‐column c...
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crwiley:10.1111/gbi.12315 2024-09-15T18:09:30+00:00 The Sirius Passet Lagerstätte of North Greenland—A geochemical window on early Cambrian low‐oxygen environments and ecosystems Hammarlund, Emma U. Smith, M. Paul Rasmussen, Jan A. Nielsen, Arne T. Canfield, Donald E. Harper, David A. T. Villum Fonden Geocenter Danmark Danmarks Grundforskningsfond Wenner-Gren Foundation Agouron Institute Carlsbergfondet Leverhulme Trust Vetenskapsrådet 2018 http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/gbi.12315 https://api.wiley.com/onlinelibrary/tdm/v1/articles/10.1111%2Fgbi.12315 https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1111/gbi.12315 en eng Wiley http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ Geobiology volume 17, issue 1, page 12-26 ISSN 1472-4677 1472-4669 journal-article 2018 crwiley https://doi.org/10.1111/gbi.12315 2024-07-25T04:19:03Z Abstract The early Cambrian Sirius Passet fauna of northernmost Greenland (Cambrian Series 2, Stage 3) contains exceptionally preserved soft tissues that provide an important window to early animal evolution, while the surrounding sediment holds critical data on the palaeodepositional water‐column chemistry. The present study combines palaeontological data with a multiproxy geochemical approach based on samples collected in situ at high stratigraphic resolution from Sirius Passet. After careful consideration of chemical alterations during burial, our results demonstrate that fossil preservation and biodiversity show significant correlation with iron enrichments (Fe HR /Fe T ), trace metal behaviour (V/Al), and changes in nitrogen cycling (δ 15 N). These data, together with Mo/Al and the preservation of organic carbon ( TOC ), are consistent with a water column that was transiently low in oxygen concentration, or even intermittently anoxic. When compared with the biogeochemical characteristics of modern oxygen minimum zones ( OMZ s), geochemical and palaeontological data collectively suggest that oxygen concentrations as low as 0.2–0.4 ml/L restricted bioturbation but not the development of a largely nektobenthic community of predators and scavengers. We envisage for the Sirius Passet biota a depositional setting where anoxic water column conditions developed and passed over the depositional site, possibly in association with sea‐level change, and where this early Cambrian biota was established in conditions with very low oxygen. Article in Journal/Newspaper Greenland North Greenland Wiley Online Library Geobiology 17 1 12 26 |
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Abstract The early Cambrian Sirius Passet fauna of northernmost Greenland (Cambrian Series 2, Stage 3) contains exceptionally preserved soft tissues that provide an important window to early animal evolution, while the surrounding sediment holds critical data on the palaeodepositional water‐column chemistry. The present study combines palaeontological data with a multiproxy geochemical approach based on samples collected in situ at high stratigraphic resolution from Sirius Passet. After careful consideration of chemical alterations during burial, our results demonstrate that fossil preservation and biodiversity show significant correlation with iron enrichments (Fe HR /Fe T ), trace metal behaviour (V/Al), and changes in nitrogen cycling (δ 15 N). These data, together with Mo/Al and the preservation of organic carbon ( TOC ), are consistent with a water column that was transiently low in oxygen concentration, or even intermittently anoxic. When compared with the biogeochemical characteristics of modern oxygen minimum zones ( OMZ s), geochemical and palaeontological data collectively suggest that oxygen concentrations as low as 0.2–0.4 ml/L restricted bioturbation but not the development of a largely nektobenthic community of predators and scavengers. We envisage for the Sirius Passet biota a depositional setting where anoxic water column conditions developed and passed over the depositional site, possibly in association with sea‐level change, and where this early Cambrian biota was established in conditions with very low oxygen. |
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Villum Fonden Geocenter Danmark Danmarks Grundforskningsfond Wenner-Gren Foundation Agouron Institute Carlsbergfondet Leverhulme Trust Vetenskapsrådet |
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Hammarlund, Emma U. Smith, M. Paul Rasmussen, Jan A. Nielsen, Arne T. Canfield, Donald E. Harper, David A. T. The Sirius Passet Lagerstätte of North Greenland—A geochemical window on early Cambrian low‐oxygen environments and ecosystems |
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Hammarlund, Emma U. Smith, M. Paul Rasmussen, Jan A. Nielsen, Arne T. Canfield, Donald E. Harper, David A. T. |
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The Sirius Passet Lagerstätte of North Greenland—A geochemical window on early Cambrian low‐oxygen environments and ecosystems |
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The Sirius Passet Lagerstätte of North Greenland—A geochemical window on early Cambrian low‐oxygen environments and ecosystems |
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The Sirius Passet Lagerstätte of North Greenland—A geochemical window on early Cambrian low‐oxygen environments and ecosystems |
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The Sirius Passet Lagerstätte of North Greenland—A geochemical window on early Cambrian low‐oxygen environments and ecosystems |
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The Sirius Passet Lagerstätte of North Greenland—A geochemical window on early Cambrian low‐oxygen environments and ecosystems |
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sirius passet lagerstätte of north greenland—a geochemical window on early cambrian low‐oxygen environments and ecosystems |
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